Trim edges as necessary and crimp the seam closed with your fingers or the back of a fork.

With a pair of scissors, cut three vents in the top of the dough.HINTS AND TIPSper Rachel’s instructions:
You can either cut leaf-shaped vents and use the pieces you removed to fashion decorative leaves, or you can cut straight vents and use any pastry trimmings to fashion decorations as desired. Moisten the back of the decorations with a wet finger and gently press onto the top of the pie.

Glaze top of the pie with a beaten egg; sprinkle top with a little white sugar.WHAT a GREAT Crust Crust #Apple Pie – The Daring Kitchen Baker’s June Challenge 2013 indeed!

I SO hope, I can now “inspire” you to make Crust Crust (Double Crust lol) Apple Pie if you have never made too!

I would LOVE to hear from you WHEN you can “sing” about YOUR apple pie!

My WISH for you is that you were here to taste how GREAT this Crust Crust Pie was;
the pastry was “light and flaky” as can be!”

The kitchen smelled AMAZING and not only did I enjoy the challenge, but I will DEFINITELY again make this recipe!
Chef Georgio (aka hubby) gave it “two thumbs up” too!

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Your grandma knew how to celebrate someone special – you! Your pie looks very masterful – looks like you’ve been making it for years! Very impressive and delicious how you made your apple pie with puff pastry! Yummmmmy!

G’day Joanne! Your posts are so engaging I’m always taken in. I didn’t know you spent time visiting your grandmother in the Bronx – I was raised there way back in the ‘day’, you don’t want to know the year! :). Thanks so much for sharing your apple pie recipe. You did it! you beat the crust! It’s really not all that bad, it’s just getting to make it the first time that’s difficult.

Thanks so much for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday. I look forward to seeing you again next week.

G’day and big thanks always for your enthusiastic comments too Joanne! Perhaps we know each other from a LONG time ago! Now wouldn’t THAT be a coincidence! lol Thanks for the compliment too…am humbled by your words today too!

G’day and thank you for stopping by today and your lovely comments, true!
Think everyone can relate when real life sometimes gets in the way of the challenges, but there is always that next one to enjoy, create and share too!

Your pie came out beautifully, Joanne! I especially love the little bow. Your grandmother must have been a wonderful lady. I have special memories of being in the kitchen with my grandmother as well and I treasure them.

Pies were one of the first things I started making “on my own” way back when. Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday, and pies were the coarse that I decided to tackle first. Congrats on your first homemade Apple Pie – it looks fantastic! Is it just me, or is baking a pie from scratch particularly satisfying!?

Thank you for your lovely comments too! I have MANY wonderful fond childhood memories of apple pie and I scratch my head as to why it has taken me all this time to make one from scratch, but there is something very satisfying to know how easy this was to do and I squealed that my bow looked pretty enough to share too!

I love Don McLean’s song but it’s so sad. You just can’t imagine losing three people of such talent who were all so young in such a shocking way. I love the look of your pie and the bow is very cute! xx

By looks alone I think you met the challenge. Your pie looks just like an apple pie should. I bet your kitchen smelt wonderful as that pie baked. There’s nothing like the aroma of fresh apple pie in the oven. Yum!

Hi Joanne! just paying my regular visit to your blog lol I needed to make a 4th of july recipe and what is more american than Apple Pie,,,will keep your in mind! Thank You for sharing! will jump to another of your fabulous posts shortly!

Reading this recipe very nearly did me in. I reckon I’ll be making a big ol’ apple pie this weekend! Don’t get my wrong, my apple pie is so good it’ll make you slap your grandma, but his one… oh my… words are failing me and my shirtfront is wet…

Yuum! I can smell how good that apple pie was just by looking at those photos! Your decorations are so cute and seem simple enough – I normally shy away from anything that is too fussy (I am too eager to get it in the oven so its ready to eat! ) but i think even I could manage those little bows, and they look amazing!